RECOMMENDATIONS

To the Human Rights Council and UN Member States:

• Support and renew the mandate of the Special Rapporteur for human rights in Iran.
• Urge Iran to cooperate with the Special Rapporteur and with human rights mechanisms.
• Call on Iran to submit a voluntary mid-term Universal Periodic Review.

To the government of Iran:

• Cooperate with the Special Rapporteur for human rights in Iran, including allowing him to visit the country.
• Cooperate with thematic mandates, including allowing country visits.
• Volunteer to submit a mid-term Universal Periodic Review.
• Impose an immediate moratorium on the death penalty.
• Launch independent investigations into grave violations of human rights, including alleged killings, tortures, and arbitrary detentions by security forces since the June 2009 election.

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